Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the US state of Ohio, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, and the second-largest city in the state, with a population of 3,501,538 people living in its metro area in 2010. The city was founded on 22 July 1796, and it was named for General Moses Cleaveland, and the village was incorporated in 1814 before becoming a city in 1836. In 1854, Cleveland took over Ohio City as it grew, becoming a commercial center. Standard Oil was founded in Cleveland in 1870, and Cleveland would become a manufacturing hub during the late 19th century. By 1920, due to the city's economic prosperity, it had become the fifth largest city in the USA, and the city prospered until the 1960s. Social and racial violence broke out during the 1950s and 1960s, and it elected Carl Stokes as mayor in 1968, the first African-American mayor of a major American city. Unemployment peaked at 13.8% in 1983, but the city would become a global city during the 1990s. Today, Cleveland is the 51st largest city in the USA, and it has a diverse economy.